$602 ▲ +77.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $339
- 2016: $466
- 2021: $602
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Upper Castra · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Lower than usual weekly earnings define daily life in Upper Castra, where a typical household earns $1,187. This is well below the national figure of $1,746, reflecting a community where most residents live on modest means.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Upper Castra — lower than 76% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical family incomes are $1,562 a week, which is a little below the Tasmanian average. Personal earnings are even lower, with the usual person bringing in $602 weekly, a figure much lower than most other areas.
$602 ▲ +77.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,187 ▲ +51.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,562 ▲ +86.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here, as only 4.8% of people earn $2,000 or more a week, well below the national figure of 12.5%. While 15.8% of households earn over $3,000 weekly, no households in the area earn $4,000 or more.
4.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
15.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In Upper Castra, the largest group is Under $650 at 33%, followed by $1,500–$2,999 (27%) and $650–$1,499 (20%).
In Upper Castra, Under $650 is the majority at 64%; $650–$1,499 is next at 27%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Upper Castra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60706/upper-castra/topic/income